Bottle-stopper-sealing machine.



D. PANTAZI.

BOTTLE STOPPER SEALING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-30.1915.

1 ,1 9Ufi68, Patented July 11, 1916.

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ATTORNEY D. PANTAZI.

BOTTLE STOPPER SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30, 1915- l 1 90,66 Patented July 11, 1916.

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Patented July 11, 1916.

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BOTTLE STOPPER SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED $EP T.30, 1915.

1 ,1 90,668. Patented July 11; [916.

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D. PANTAZL BOTTLE STOPPEH SEALING MACHINE- APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30, 1915,

1,1 9,668. Patented July 11, 1916.

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WITNESSES lNl/E/IITOR A TTORNE Y DIMITBIOS PANTAZI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLESTOPPER-SEALING MACHINE.

Application filed September 30, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DIMITRIOS PANTAZI, a subject of the King of Greece, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stopper-Sealing Machines, of which the following is a spec1- fication.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle stopper sealing machines, and particularly to that type in which the crown, cap or cover is firmly held in engagement with the bottle mouth by securing means applied at the bottle neck.

One object is to provide a mechanism that will secure fastenings firmly and rapidly in place on the necks of bottles, progressively grasping the wire ends, twisting them tightly together close to the bottle, and finally bending the same so as not to project outwardly.

Another object is to provide a mechanism that will operate upon a plurality of bottles, one after another, finishing certain operations in sequence and delivering the bottles properly sealed at one end of the machine, at a high rate of speed and without damage to the bottles.

These objects are attained by the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and shown in the ac-i companying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a bottle sealing machine made in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front view of a bottle carrier showing a bottle supported therein. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the wire fastener as formed ready for application to a bottle, the broken lines indicating the position of the ends after the first operation has been performed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a fragment of the fastener after the wires have beentwisted. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the twisting mechanism used in the second operation. Fig. 8 is a side view of the same, partly in section. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the gripper device taken-on line 9-9 of Fig. 7. Fig.

10 is a cross sectional view of the same taken on line 101O of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the wire crossing device used in the first operation. Fig. 12 is a partial side view and section of the same taken on line 12-12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a fragmental Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July JUL, 1916.

Serial No. 53,323.

plan view of the carrier chain, its support and actuating device. Fig. 14 is a side view of the same. Fig. 15 is a plan view of the devlce used in the third or bending operat on. Fig. 16 is a side view of the same. Fig. 17 is a plan view of the combined bottle support and fastener holding device, and Fig. 18 is a sectional view of the same taken on line 18-18 of Fig. 17.

The machine is specially adapted to use ordniary commercial stopper retainers, such asare indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, the same being comprised of a relatively heavy loop, 30, to pass over the stopper, it having lateral connections 31 bent downward into arms 32 and terminating in out-turned pivots 33. On these pivots are engaged loops 34 of a lighter wire formed into an open loop 35 encircling part of the bottle neck and having open ended members 36 extending toward the front in such a manner as to pass around the bottle neck, a conventional form of bottle being indicated in Fig. 4, and be afterward tightly engaged with it by twisting the ends 38 as shown in Fig. 6.

The bottle containers 41 are engaged at spaced intervals with an endless chain 42 passing over sprockets 43 mounted to freely rotate each on a vertical aXis at the ends of the machine. The carrier chain 42 causes the bottles 40 to move past operative heads on one side of the machine and convenient of access to an operator on the other, who removes the sealed bottles and supplies others ready to be sealed as the carrier moves. Actuation of the carrier chain is accomplished by means of a pick-up pawl 45 directly engaging with the chain 42 and giving it a definite intermittent forward 1notion-in extent equal to the center distance between adjacent bottles. The chain rides upon its edge on trackways 46 at each side of the carrier portion of the machine,-while parallel to and beyond it is a guard rail 47 entirely encompassing the carrier structure which is supported by a suitable framework as shown.

Parallel with the trackway 46 is a rigidly supported guide rod 49 upon which is slidably engaged a sleeve 50 pivotally carrying the pick-up pawl 45, the same being pressed against'the chain by the spring 51 in such manner as to cause engagement as the pawl is moved forward but slip past the links of the chain when moving reversely.

I leys 66-67. Thus means are provided for regular intermittent action of the bottle carriers.

Arranged on atable 70 are a number of operative heads, each performing a separate 7 operation on the retainer wires; the first head includes a fixed guide 71 containing a 8 square plunger 72 having means of length adjustment by its connection to the closing device 74, which engages with the free ends of the wires 36, bringing them together. This plunger is actuated through the link 75 engaged with the disk crank 76 driven by the vertical shaft 7 7, through bevel gears 7 8 and/79, the latter of which is fast on the mainshaft 65, having the tight and loose pulleys 6667. V

The construction of closing device 7 4: may be seen in Figs. 11 and 12 and the results of its operations are indicated in Fig. 5.

, Thestem 80 is screw-threaded into the end of the square plunger 7 2 and held in an adjusted position by means of a lock-nut 73. The operative end of the block 7 1 is made V-shaped and slots 81 and 82 formed from the interior walls of the beveled sides, the slots extending floutward on opposite sides and having between them a thin. partition 83. Thus the ends of the wires 36, which 'arebent slightly, one above and the other below their normal horizontal plane, are received in the open angular block and by its opposed faces bent inward to the extent of crossing. each other, the extreme ends being turned by contact with the bottom walls 8 1 of the slots, as will be evident. A buffer device is also attached to the block 74:, the same consisting of a recessed plate 85., the opening extending to the front beyond the jaws of the block andis suited to engage a bottle neck. This plate has a flange 86 through which pass bolts 87 holding it withrelation to the angular member 88 attached rigidly to the block 7 4 and having between the adjacent flanges a pair of flat elliptical springs 8990 through the ends-of which the bolts also pass. This arrangement aids in centering the bottles as the plunger is projected and avoids break; age.

Returning to the bottle carriers 41, it will be seen in Figs. 1 and 4 that they are of hollow cylindrical construction, a portion of the front being cut away for convenience of access and to avoid interference. At the back side, opposite the opening 91 they are attached to links in the carrier chain 12 by any ordinary means and so spaced as to be non-interfering with each other. Also to the exterior of the carriers, above the chain 42, is rigidly secured a plate 92, the upper end of which is enlarged and extended horizontally forward forming a receiver 93 into the semi-circular recess 91 of which the bottle neck enters when in its holder. In the upper surface of this receiver are formed depressions or openings 95 to receive the wire retainer loop 30, and 96 to receive the hinge members 33 and 34 of the retainer, whereby these parts are held in proper position for the operations performed upon them subsequently. A further function performed by the receivers 93 is to act as an anvil or abutment to receive the thrust or impact of the operating heads although a fixed rail 99 is provided opposite the heads for keeping the bottle necks in alinement as they travel along and are operated upon.

After the retainer wires are closed in, the bottles are'advanced one at a time to the second head which includes a grooved guide bracket 100, having a movable block 101 actuated by the cam 102 driven by the vertical shaft 103 actuated by gears 1045 -105, the latter being fast upon the drive shaft 05. At the front of this head is a fixed guide 108 having a rino 109 revoluble therein, the ring receiving a gripping device 110 adapted to seize the closed ends of the wires 36 as the block is advanced.

A shaft 111 is mounted in the sliding block 101 actuated by the bevel pinion 112, driven by the gear 113 which has mutilated teeth whereby the grippers are caused to rotate after grasping the wires, and twist them, tightly against the neck of the bottle, this being accomplished by the teeth 114, while the shorter segment 115 rotates the gripper into a receptive position. The operation of twisting is thus performed; the gripper jaws 110 are pivoted at 116 in the ring 109 and are not subject to longitudinal motion, they are placed in a receptive position, that is in a horizontal plane by being rotated through the shaft 111 by the short segment 115 of the gear 113 and remain in that position until the pinion 112 is engaged with the long segment 114 of the same gear. During this time the cam 102 has receded and the block 101 followed it up under the tension of the pull spring 118, the block sliding freely in the bracket 100 and also on the shaft 111 which passes through it.

' In the front of the sliding block 101, which is made in two parts, is a recess 119 containing a sleeve 120, rotatably held therein by the annular ring 121 fitted to a groove in the sleeve, the latter being keyed to the shaft 111 so as to slide on it. The

front, extending end of the sleeve 120 is also annularly recessed and screw-threaded to receive the end of a quill 122 adjustably locked in the sleeve by the nut 123, the opposite end of the quill being rigid with a plate 124 having openings 125 receptive and slidable upon the handles or levers 126 of the gripper 110. These handles are formed convergingly that is the ends are closer together than at a point nearer the fulcrum 116 of the jaws 110, hence when the plate 124 is moved rearwardly, through its connections with the quill, sleeve, sliding block and spring the jaws will be opened, and, conversely, when the cam is advanced so its high point is in the direction of the jaws,

as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the jaws will be closed.

In order to restrain the shaft 111 from longitudinal movement its extreme front end is secured in a collar 127 located between the handles 126 and attached on each side to bars 128 engaging at their opposite ends with the ring 109 which revolves together with the grippers and shaft but cannot move lineally by reason of its engage ment in the guide block 108. Thus if the cam 102 and gear 113 be properly timed the grippers will open, receive the wires 36, grasp and twist them and finally release them in readiness for the next operation, all within one cycle of movement.

The last operation, that of bending the twisted wires against the neck of the bottle, is performed by the third head which includes a guide bracket 130 having a plunger 131 moved by the link 132 attached to the crank 138- driven by the vertical shaft 131 through the gears 135 and 136, the latter being fast on the shaft 65. The other end of the plunger 131 has adjustably engaged in it by means of a lock-nut 137 a concave-faced pusher138 adapted to engage with the twisted wire ends and force them to one side, the horns 139 pressing the wires closely against the bottle.

In operation, the bottles are filled in as the carrier progresses past the operator, who removes such as have been sealed and supplies others, together with the sealing wires loosely engaged around the bottle necks, pointing in the proper direction, the bottles being advanced and operated upon to secure by Leting said carrier at successive intervals, a plunger havmg means combined for crossing the ends of the sealing wires, a gripper adapted to automatically engage with the crossed ends, means combined with the gripper for twisting the wires, and means for pressing the twisted wires to one side.

2. In a wire twisting head, a constantly rotating cam, a slide actuated thereby, a wire gripper, means combined with said slide for opening and closing said gripper, means for intermittently rotating said gripper whereby the wire is twisted, and means for placing the jaws of said gripper in a horizontal position prior to their closing.

3. In a wire twisting head, a constantly rotating cam, a mutilated gear combined with said cam, a slide operated by said cam, a sleeve rotatable in said slide movable longitudinally therewith, a gripper having pivoted levers, means adjustably combined with said sleeve for operating the gripper levers whereby the jaws are opened and closed, a shaft passing through said sleeve, means combined with said shaft for rotating said gripper, and a pinion on said shaft intermittently actuated by said mutilated gear.

at. In a bottle stopper fastening machine, a hollow cylindrical holder for bottles, the holder being partiallv opened at the front, a standard secured to said holder at the rear, a recessed plate formed with -said standard extending partially over said holder, and adapted to hold the bottle neck in said recess, means formed in said plate receptive of fastening wires, means for securing the wires about the necks of bottles, and means for progressively feeding the bottles.

DIMITRIOS PANTAZI.

lVitnesses ALEXANDER DENIES, MICHAEL TRAUTMAN.

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